Indian burial rites.- Hurst (Gunner John) Autograph Letter signed to his sisters, 3¼pp., bifolium, folio, Dum Dum [Greater Kolkata], 17 March, 1834, "my comrade and I were taking a walk through the jungle and we came up with a number of natives, perhaps 8, bearing a deceased friend...on a cot without any other covering than a dirty piece of cotton. The curiosity of myself & friend induced us to follow them and see what they were going to do...I was completely shocked at the conduct and disrespect these people showed to the remains of the dead...", folds, piece from outer margin of second sheet, with some loss of text, a few small holes within text, a few short tears and tape repairs.
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